GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Limes are to Mexican cuisine what olive oil is to Italian food and cheese is to French … you get the idea.
Here they squeeze the tangy green fruit over pretty much everything, from tacos and potato chips to fresh mango and coconut.
So it’s understandable that a sudden increase in lime prices would leave many Mexicans

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